portrait of Seungpyo Hong

$1M Grant Propels Inhalable Nanomedicine Research

With new funding from the Falk Medical Trust, Professor Seungpyo Hong and Allan Brasier, executive director of the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, are paving the way for a novel treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

portraits of Professor Glen Kwon, senior scientist Bianca Tomasini-Johansson, and Pawel Zbyszynski (PhD ’19), a former member of the Kwon Lab.

New Potential Drug to Treat Fibrosis

Researchers in the School of Pharmacy’s Kwon Lab have been awarded a patent for a promising new therapy with implications for many conditions, such as kidney disease, heart failure, and even COVID-19.